2 + 2 = 5 ( Silly puzzle of the Day) [SOLUTION ADDED]
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In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5 Well the silly question is, Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ? TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5 Another question to ponder , Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down? * there is no genius in google-dept Solution here[^]
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Web based project trackingQuartz... wrote:
All you have to do is TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5
2 + 2 + 1 = 5 You never said that you can only use two 2's.
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Quartz... wrote:
Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down?
The mirror doesn't rotate anything. It reflects the image back without any rotation about any axis. A human observer looking at you from the mirrors location would have to rotate about his vertical axis, thus reversing his left and right from your perspective
Rob Graham wrote:
A human observer looking at you from the mirrors location would have to rotate about his vertical axis, thus reversing his left and right from your perspective
That makes a lot of sense. Nice one!
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Quartz... wrote:
All you have to do is TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5
2 + 2 + 1 = 5 You never said that you can only use two 2's.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle(2 + 2) + 2/2 = 5 Using only 2's :)
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Quartz... wrote:
All you have to do is TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5
2 + 2 + 1 = 5 You never said that you can only use two 2's.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - AristotleFull points :-D Have a nice weekend
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Quartz... wrote:
In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5
Use extreamly large values of 2! Joe Q
Joe Q wrote:
Use extreamly large values of 2!
Is that like when I try to moderate my fook intake and cut a slice of pizza in half, but eat the "bigger" half? :-D
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(2 + 2) + 2/2 = 5 Using only 2's :)
Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^] My blog mirror http://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]
Rob Manderson wrote:
Using only 2's
Bravo! :rose:
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle -
In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5 Well the silly question is, Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ? TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5 Another question to ponder , Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down? * there is no genius in google-dept Solution here[^]
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
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Web based project trackingQuartz... wrote:
Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand.
This sounds like the first chapter to "The Introverts Guide to the Hokey Pokey[^]." :-D
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle -
In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5 Well the silly question is, Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ? TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5 Another question to ponder , Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down? * there is no genius in google-dept Solution here[^]
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
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Web based project trackingI really wish that only well-worded puzzles were posted. If this is from a book, please post the full, complete, exact text of the puzzle. Plus attribution would help.
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Joe Q wrote:
Use extreamly large values of 2!
Is that like when I try to moderate my fook intake and cut a slice of pizza in half, but eat the "bigger" half? :-D
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle -
Josh Smith wrote:
Is that like when I try to moderate my fook intake and cut a slice of pizza in half, but eat the "bigger" half?
No, that's helping whomever is going to eat the other half moderate their food intake...you're just being helpful! :laugh:
Joe Q wrote:
you're just being helpful!
Please explain that to my girlfriend! :laugh:
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle -
I really wish that only well-worded puzzles were posted. If this is from a book, please post the full, complete, exact text of the puzzle. Plus attribution would help.
Two questions 1. The context is the first question or the second question ? 2. You mean the puzzle is not clear ? Can you help make it clear because thes are not from any book or text, i read that long back and thought to share
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In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5 Well the silly question is, Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ? TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5 Another question to ponder , Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down? * there is no genius in google-dept Solution here[^]
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
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Web based project trackingWhen I sell something 2 + 2 = 5 When I buy something 2 + 2 = 3 more clear than that?
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In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5 Well the silly question is, Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ? TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5 Another question to ponder , Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down? * there is no genius in google-dept Solution here[^]
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Web based project trackingWhere o where ? Nish, i hope you haven't given up on silly puzzles :) -- modified at 19:06 Friday 26th January, 2007
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I really wish that only well-worded puzzles were posted. If this is from a book, please post the full, complete, exact text of the puzzle. Plus attribution would help.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
If this is from a book, please post the full, complete, exact text of the puzzle. Plus attribution would help.
Perhaps the International Puzzle and Gaming Committee should ratify the puzzle, too? :rolleyes:
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Quartz... wrote:
Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand.
This sounds like the first chapter to "The Introverts Guide to the Hokey Pokey[^]." :-D
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - AristotleJosh Smith wrote:
This sounds like the first chapter to "The Introverts Guide to the Hokey Pokey[^]."
Does it ! i have never read that, :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Two questions 1. The context is the first question or the second question ? 2. You mean the puzzle is not clear ? Can you help make it clear because thes are not from any book or text, i read that long back and thought to share
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Web based project trackingQuartz... wrote:
1. The context is the first question or the second question ?
Oh, yeah, sorry, the second first... the puzzle. I don't find the first second very interesting.
Quartz... wrote:
2. You mean the puzzle is not clear ? Can you help make it clear because thes are not from any book or text, i read that long back and thought to share
Ah, so you may have left out bits you thought non-essential? Not to get down on you in particular, but any who post puzzles on the Web in general. Plus, many times a puzzle is posted because the poster didn't find the answer, and if that's because he didn't understand the puzzle, then quite likely the resultant post will be garbled and unsolvable. As has been seen on here before. At any rate, of the solutions I've seen posted here so far only
ceil(sqrt(22))seems to qualify as a "proper" answer. The answers5+5+1and2+2+2/2don't qualify, because they break the implied limitation. If you then say "I never implied that", then the puzzle is no longer interesting, because many many solutions are then possible and a puzzle should have one or very few solutions. How about, "I am one with two plus two, that makes five"? Or, "two plus two and a banana makes five"? When I read a puzzle like that (poorly-worded) on the Web I can only assume that the poster left out such details in the interest of brevity, or not realizing the scope of the error, or because he's smoked too much weed. -- modified at 19:51 Friday 26th January, 2007 -
Quartz... wrote:
1. The context is the first question or the second question ?
Oh, yeah, sorry, the second first... the puzzle. I don't find the first second very interesting.
Quartz... wrote:
2. You mean the puzzle is not clear ? Can you help make it clear because thes are not from any book or text, i read that long back and thought to share
Ah, so you may have left out bits you thought non-essential? Not to get down on you in particular, but any who post puzzles on the Web in general. Plus, many times a puzzle is posted because the poster didn't find the answer, and if that's because he didn't understand the puzzle, then quite likely the resultant post will be garbled and unsolvable. As has been seen on here before. At any rate, of the solutions I've seen posted here so far only
ceil(sqrt(22))seems to qualify as a "proper" answer. The answers5+5+1and2+2+2/2don't qualify, because they break the implied limitation. If you then say "I never implied that", then the puzzle is no longer interesting, because many many solutions are then possible and a puzzle should have one or very few solutions. How about, "I am one with two plus two, that makes five"? Or, "two plus two and a banana makes five"? When I read a puzzle like that (poorly-worded) on the Web I can only assume that the poster left out such details in the interest of brevity, or not realizing the scope of the error, or because he's smoked too much weed. -- modified at 19:51 Friday 26th January, 2007i don't think a lot of people here agrees to that, because the question is very simple , just one line and there is no scope of misunderstanding it. i added a bit of confusion to make it difficult to understand on the first place and there is only one MATHEMATICAL ACCURATE solution to it. and i do have the solution to it
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
When I read a puzzle like that (poorly-worded) on the Web I can only assume that the poster left out such details in the interest of brevity, or not realizing the scope of the error, or because he's smoked too much weed.
Very interesting interpretation though
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i don't think a lot of people here agrees to that, because the question is very simple , just one line and there is no scope of misunderstanding it. i added a bit of confusion to make it difficult to understand on the first place and there is only one MATHEMATICAL ACCURATE solution to it. and i do have the solution to it
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
When I read a puzzle like that (poorly-worded) on the Web I can only assume that the poster left out such details in the interest of brevity, or not realizing the scope of the error, or because he's smoked too much weed.
Very interesting interpretation though
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Web based project trackingQuartz... wrote:
question is very simple
There are no simple questions, only simple questioners. Well, maybe I've seen too many bad puzzles posted, I'll go read it again.
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i don't think a lot of people here agrees to that, because the question is very simple , just one line and there is no scope of misunderstanding it. i added a bit of confusion to make it difficult to understand on the first place and there is only one MATHEMATICAL ACCURATE solution to it. and i do have the solution to it
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
When I read a puzzle like that (poorly-worded) on the Web I can only assume that the poster left out such details in the interest of brevity, or not realizing the scope of the error, or because he's smoked too much weed.
Very interesting interpretation though
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Web based project trackingOK, I reread it again. If indeed
Quartz... wrote:
the question is very simple , just one line and there is no scope of misunderstanding it
and the only question there is
Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ?then, my answer is, "Yes". But that doesn't satisfyQuartz... wrote:
there is only one MATHEMATICAL ACCURATE solution to it
So, perhaps the answer you seek is, "No". At any rate, ask the question without
Quartz... wrote:
added a bit of confusion to make it difficult to understand on the first place
because otherwise I must assume you've smoked too much weed.
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In a "Real" world, there are a lot of people, who takes 2 with 2 and make it a 5 Well the silly question is, Can a "mathematician in you" also do this ? TAKE two 2's and any number of mathematical operations AND make it EQUAL TO 5 Another question to ponder , Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to reverse left and right, but not up and down? * there is no genius in google-dept Solution here[^]
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